Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
140s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
16/08/2026, 02:56
General
- Target 2026-08-15_2731c56272aa436c11252bfbdf66041d_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260816-dfbbbacj71
- SHA256 c2e34a3f77a6b6306216f748ad9b615617023d38c4e5487c633fceffecfe3d11
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_2731c56272aa436c11252bfbdf66041d_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_2731c56272aa436c11252bfbdf66041d_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\932E.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\932E.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_2731c56272aa436c11252bfbdf66041d_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe C8C904BD70BBAA45A0261B4DA411B83B2C1592182A17EDFED2209D21306AC7ED2F79828D8C2DED9267BAE0A2132A8AD3DA5653E14AF69DE14B577FCE333833F42⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_2731c56272aa436c11252bfbdf66041d_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-08-15_2731c56272aa436c11252bfbdf66041d_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
932E.tmp
memory/1148-24-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-23-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-14-0x00007FFDCB960000-0x00007FFDCB970000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-18-0x00007FFE0B97F000-0x00007FFE0B980000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-17-0x00007FFDCB960000-0x00007FFDCB970000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-15-0x00007FFDCB960000-0x00007FFDCB970000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-20-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-19-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-32-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-28-0x00007FFDC92C0000-0x00007FFDC92D0000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-25-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-26-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-22-0x00007FFE0B820000-0x00007FFE0BA83000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-21-0x00007FFDCB960000-0x00007FFDCB970000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-16-0x00007FFDCB960000-0x00007FFDCB970000-memory.dmp
memory/1148-27-0x00007FFDC92C0000-0x00007FFDC92D0000-memory.dmp
memory/5536-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5628-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp